Title: Oppenheimer
Original Title: Oppenheimer
Year: 2023
Info
- Country: USA UK
- Language: English German
- Length: 180 Minutes (3 hours)
- Budget: $100,000,000
- Genre: Biography Drama History
- Studios: Universal Pictures Atlas Entertainment
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: July 21 2023
- United States: July 21 2023
Plot
Based on the Pulitzer winning book 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer', by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, Christopher Nolan brings us 'Oppenheimer', donate tells the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
The film stars Cillian Murphy ('Peaky Blinders') as the scientist and Emily Blunt (' A Quiet Place') as biologist and botanist Katherine Oppenheimer. Matt Damon joins as General Leslie Groves Jr. (director of the Manhattan project). In addition, we will also see Florence Pugh as psychiatrist Jean Tatlock, Robert Downey Jr. playing Lewis Strauss and Benny Safdie ('Uncut Gems'), Michael Angarano ('The Forbidden Kingdom') and Josh Hartnett ('30 Days of Night') as part of Oppenheimer's physics team. In addition, although his role has not yet been confirmed, the award-winning Rami Malek is also among the cast. With him, also joins the multifaceted actor, screenwriter and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh with more than a hundred nominations behind him and an Oscar winner.
The film is shot in IMAX and for the first time on the cinematographic history includes color scenes, interspersed with black and white analog images, also filmed with IMAX.
Awards
- 2024 Academy Awards (Oscars): 13 7
- 2024 Golden Globes: 8 5
- 2024 BAFTA Awards: 13 7
Cast
Director:
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kitty Oppenheimer
Lewis Strauss
Leslie Groves
Niels Bohr
Harry Truman
Lloyd Garrison
Photos
Trivia
Charles Roven managed to intrigue Nolan
The film's producer Charles Roven pitched the film to the director Christopher Nolan and the producer Emma Thomas by telling them about the autobiographical book named "American Prometheus". Nolan was so intrigued by the story that decided to read it. After that, he took the job to direct the film.
R- rated movie
In this film we can see Christopher Nolan's first R-rated film since Insomnia (2002).
Oppenheimer is mentioned in Tenet
J. Robert Oppenheimer was mentioned in Nolan's film Tenet (2020) during a conversation between Priya Singh (Dimple Kapadia) and The Protagonist (John David Washington). Apparently showing that Nolan already had the idea of what his next film was going to be about.
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